Definition of "loquitur" []

• ‘He (she) speaks’: in plays, a stage direction indicating that the person named enters and speaks: as, Enter Marlitt, loquitur. Abbreviated loq.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Res ipsa loquitur is Latin for "the thing speaks for itself.""
• "Res ipsa loquitur is a phrase that, perhaps because it is in Latin, has taken on its own mystique, although it is nothing more than a brand of circumstantial evidence [FN14]."
• "Yesterday's term was res ipsa loquitur, which is defined as:"